"There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot" - Aldo Leopold

2015/04/23

Swallows on Rideau River

Today, I went for a walk during lunchtime to Strathcona Park and saw that the swallows, mostly Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) and some Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), are here! Taking pictures of swallows-in-flight is a nearly impossible task. I tried manual focus and blindly clicked the shutter and hoped some photos will have the swallows in focus. I took at least 200 photos and here are some decent shots.

Swallows on the river.

I got more in-focus photos of swallows' backs than their fronts for whatever reason.

All of these images are cropped since the center of the river is about 15 metres away.